Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:34 pm on 13 July 2016.
Thank you. I fully support the point that’s being made. I’m pleased to see that Parliament actually passed a motion confirming that they want EU citizens’ status here to be retained and safeguarded. Here within the NHS in Wales, and across every single Government department, we’ve been keen, over the last few weeks since the Brexit vote, to make very clear in our public statements, when seeing staff, and when standing on platforms—that we do make very, very clear that this Government values the contribution of EU citizens, and from around the rest of the world, who are feeling uncertain about their place in our country. We value the contribution they make to the service they provide, but also to the communities of which they are a part, and I look forward to them being a part of Wales, not just at present, but also as a key part of our future as an outward-looking country.